Valdis Muià ¾nieks (February 22, 1935 â November 29, 2013) was a Latvian basketball player.
Muià ¾nieks was born in Riga. He played for Rëgas ASK and won 3 Euroleague titles (1958, 1959, 1960) and 4 Soviet national championships (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958). Honoured Master of Sport of the USSR (1959).
Playing for Soviet national team, Muià ¾nieks won 3 gold medals at Eurobasket 1957, Eurobasket 1959, Eurobasket 1961, and 3 silver medals at the Olympic Games (1956, 1960, 1964).